Vertically and laterally movable window



Feh 119 1932. E. J. KIRCHOFF 1,844,427

VERTIGALLY AND LATERALLY MOVABLE WINDOW Filed Aug. 19, 1930 3 Sheets-$heet l Feh 9, 1932.

J. KIRCHOF'F 1,844,427

VERTICALLY AND LATERALLY MOVABLE WINDOW Filed Aug. 19, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jwumdor Fah 9,, 11932, E. J. KlRCHOFF JERTICALLY AND LATERALLY MOVABLE WINDOW Filed Aug. 19 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Feb. 9, 1932' UNITED STATES Ell-KER J. KIBCHOFF, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN 'VERTICALLY AND LATERALLY MOVABLE WINDOW Application filed August 19, 1930. Serial No. 476,414.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of windows, particularly windows for automobiles, airplane cabins,

steamship cabins, street and railway cars.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel type of window which is designed to telescope into the frame or to be swung outwardly therefrom as demired, the window when in the latter position W being disposed at an oblique angle to the wall oil the structure in which it is mounted so as to act as a shield or wind deflector thus mak-,'

ing it possible to lreep the window open withn. out permitting wind currents created by the movement oi the structure in which the window is mounted, to flow directly through the window opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for raising and lowering the window and tor swinging the same out ot its trame alter it has been raised slightly beyond the normal raised position.

ll turther object of the invention is to provide a novel type of cover or canopy designed to overlie the area between the top edge of the window when it is swung out ot its :t rame, and the adjacent window frame.

A still -further object of the invention is to provide a novel type of molding about certain sides of the window frame which is shiitable, it being designedrto overlie the edge oi the window anel when it is in its frame and to yield or the passage of the hit the drawings but may be changed or modi-.

tied so long as such changes or modifications ceral views, the improved window structure panel when the latter is swung out of its marl: no material departure from the salient Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the structure shown in Fig ure 1 taken on a line substantially parallel with the inner and outer faces of the door.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detailed transverse section taken through the top of the door structure.

Figure 5 is a detailed sectional view taken through the lower edge or sill of the window opening with the window closed.

Figure 6 is a detailed view of the shade roller. I

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken upon the line 7--7 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken upon the line 8 -8 of Figure 1. r l

Figure 9 is a sectional view similar to Figure 4, showing a modified method of attaching the shade curtain to the clip with which the window panel engages.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the sevembodying the present invention is shown as applied to a motor vehicle door, the door being indicated generally by the numeral 1. As is of course well known a l motor vehicle doors are provided with a window opening 30 which is here indicated by the numeral 2 and the body of the door beneath the window opening is of hollow construction providing a chamber 3 into which the glass panel of the door may be lowered, this chamber opening into the window opening 2 through the slot 4 in the bottom of the window'opening. This is the usual construction of motor vehicle doors.

In carrying out the present invention the 90 top and rear faces of the windowopening 2 are. provided with the channels 5 and-6 respectively while the forward edge of the window opening is formed to provide the recess 7. These channels 5 and 6 and the recess 7 are in the same vertical plane as the slot 4 through which the glass window panel passes downwardly to the interior of the door bhdy or into the chamber 3,.

. In the bottom of the recess 7 there is posim0 tioned a post 8 theupper end of which is secured in any suitable manner in the frame of the door while the lower end is mounted upon the piece or step 9 in the lower part of the chamber 3.

The glass panel 10 is mounted in a steel frame ll and the forward side of this frame is connected to one edge of a toothed a'ack 12 which in turn is attached to a tube or sleeve 13. As shown in Figure 2the rack 12 and the tube 13 are of a length greater than the height of the frame 11 in which the-glass 'panel ismounted and to which they are attached, the upper ends of the tube and rack being in substantially the same plane as the top of the frame While the other ends project a substantial distance below the bottom thereof. This tube or-sleeve 13 has the post 8 extended therethrough and upon this post the sleeve is freely slidable.

The upper end of the post 8 has secured therein upoii the inner side a pin 14 while the sleeve 13 has formed therein a bayonet slot 15 the outer arm of which is of gradually increasing width to its open end. The purpose of this pin and slot will become apparent as the description proceeds. V

Within the chamber 3 under the window 1 opening there is mounted in suitable bearings 16 a horizontal shaft 17 which carries upon the end nearest the post 8 a spur tooth gear.18 and a bevel gear 19. The gear 18 meshes with the teeth of the rack 12 when the window panel 10 is within the window opening 2 and when the panel is raised to close the window opening the bevel gear 19 meshes with a bevel gear 20 carried upon the lower end of the sleeve 13.

- Intermediate 'its ends the shaft 17 has mounted thereon a spiral gear 21 which meshes with a large spiral gear 22,mounted upon the shaft 23 which extends through the inner wall of the door chamber and has -mounted thereon for access: from within the the door is mounted,'a crank body on which handle 24.

Upon the end of the shaft remote. from the gears Band 19 there is fixed a small drum 25 about which is a split band '26 the fends of which terminate in the upwardly extending spaced cars 27 which have apertures,there-.

formed therethrough. The other car has the shaft s'w ivelly attached thereto as 'shown. It Will be readily seen that by rotating the crank handle 29-the ear having the threaded 'aper;

each has formed therein a longitudinally extending depression, the depression in the strip 30 being indicated by the numeral 33 while that in the strip 31 is indicated by the numeral 34. These longitudinal depressions in the hinged moldings are in the same vertical plane as the slot 4 through which the glass panel 10 movies so that when the panel is raised to close the window opening its rear and upper edges will position respectively in the depressions 34 and 33 of the shiftable moldings. Each of these moldings has interposed between its inner face and the bottom wall of the channel in which it is placed, a spring 35 which normally urges it outwardly as shown.

The top portion of the frame around the window opening has a chamber formed therein adjacent the inner side thereof as indicated by the numeral 36 and in this chamber there is positioned a spring controlled roller 37 which is "of tapered construction, the end of greatest diameter being adjacent the free or rear edge of the window panel. This chamber 36 is accessible from the inner side of the window framethrough an opening closed by a door 38 through the lower portion of which there is formed a longitudinal slot 39. Secured along one edge to the roller 37 is a curtain 40. which is of trapezoidal out.- line, the longitudinal edges thereof converging toward the narrow .end. One of these longitudinal edges is secured to the roller. This curtain is passed from the roller out. of I the chamber 36 through the slot 39 and is drawn around under the top face of the frame of the window opening over a bearing roller 41, to the inner side of the channel 5 in which the top molding 30 is positioned.

- This inner side of the channel 5 has a slot 42 cut in the-face thereof and into this slot frictionally engages a lip 43 formed along one side zjf amelongated substantially U-shaped sprin clip 44. This spring clip 44 is of the same length as the winddw opening an d has its open side directed- 'do. wardly'witli its top normally positioning in the longitudinal recess of the top molding so that when the 1 window panel is raised the upper edgethereof" ijl sl ip' into and be engaged by the clip an t 1118, when-the panel is swung outwardly as will be hereinafterdescribed, the curtain40 will be .unrolled from its supporting roller and drawn outwardly with the panel tocover the it it till til

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area between the top edge of the panel and the top of the window opening.v

Within the slot 4 which leads from the win-v dow opening into the chamber therebeneatli at the outer side of the slot, there is positioned lengthwise ot the slot a spring body 45 which is in the form of a trough and opens upward ly, This trough lilre body is of resilient material and bears against the window panel when the same is in the window opening or is lowered in the chamber therebeneath to hold the panel against movement and consequently prevent rattling of the window. in order to prevent the entrance of rain between this body and the window panel a strip of rubber or other suitable material may be placed along the edge of the panel to contact with the window.

in order to hold the glass steady when it has been swung out of the frame or window opening there is provided a stabilizing arm illi which is in the "form of a Hat bar. metal :lrame surrounding the glass panel has formed therein upon the inner side a recess 4'? in which at one end, one end of the bar 46 is pivotally mounted so that the bar may he swung around to position in the recess and thus be entirely out of the way when the window panel is in the frame opening.

llpon the sill of the window opening there is a loch for the bar 46 which is in the form of bloclr 4% having a slot 49 cut horizontally therein from one dge; llnto this slot the stabiliaing arm 48 may he slipped and it is held therein against movement by the screw 50 which threads downwardly through the top of the bloclr into the slot 49.

tlccured in any suitablemanner to the glass panel 10 adjacent the rear edge thereof, is a rubber ring at which may be employed for drawing the panel tightly into the window opening.

tn the operation of the present window structure if the glass panel is in lowered position in thechamber 3 the shaft 17 and gear it may be rotated through the medium of the cranlr 24 to raise the panel into the window opening,- the gear l8 being in mesh with the rash lit the window is to be raised only so to close the window opening rotation of the cranh may be stopped as soon as the top edge of the glass panel'or the metal frame in which it is mounted comes into contact with M or partly enters the curtain clip 44. When dn this position the lower edge of the panel till! be left in this postion then the band 26 may be tightened in the manner previously described to grip the drum upon the shaft 17 so that the panel cannot gravitate back into the V chamber therebeneath.

the glass panel is to be swung from the The along its inner face as indicated at 43".

window opening the securing band 26 is released and the crank 24 turned the same as when raising the window. This then forces the top edge of the glass panel upwardly securely into the clip 44 and raises sli htly' the top molding 30. At the same time t e pin 14 moves into the bottom of the bayonet slot 15 and the gears 19 and 20 come into mesh. Continued rotation of the crank then causes rotary motion to be imparted to the sleeve 13 through the gears 19 and 20 so that the rack 12 and the glass panel will be swung outwardly, the pressure of the top and rear edges of the panel against the moldings causing the latter to move into their respective channels so that the panel may pass. Since the top edge of the panel 10 is firmly engaged by the clip '44 it will be readily seen that the shade 40 will be drawn from its roller 37 so that the space between the top edge of the window panel and the window opening frame will be covered. The stabilizing arm 46 may then be placed in the proper position for holding the glass panel against movement. Upon returning the panel to position in the window opening the tongue 43 carried by the clip 44 will be forced into the slot 42 so as to hold the clip from falling from position when the glass panel is lowered, the lowering operation disengaging the top edge of the panel from the clip as will be readily understood.

llnvthe modified construction shown in Figure 9 the top edge of the window panel l0 engages in a clip 44 which has an inwardly and downwardly inclined tongue formiald T e chamber 36 in which the shade or curtain 37 is made has a slot 42 formed in the wall adjacent the clip 44. The lower edge of this slot projects slightly between the upper edge thereof to form a flange having a broad irL- wardly and downwardly inclined top surface over which the tongue 43 engages. As shown in Figure 9 the free edge of the curtain 37 is attached directly to the edge of the tongue 43 so that when the tongue is drawn away from the wall in which the slot 42 is formed, when the panel is swung outwardly, the shade will be enrolled and also drawn out with the panel.

Havin thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

' l. A window structure of the character described, comprising a window frame, a glass panel within said frame, means for vertically shifting the panel to effect its removal from the frame, means for swinging the panel from'its frame upon a pivotal axisextending longitudinally of one edge thereof anda sin-s -gle control element for actuating both of said means.

2. A window structure of the character de scribed comprising a window opening frame, a chamber disposed beneath the frame and in communication therewith through a slot, a

glass panel disposed in the frame, means for lowering said panel through. said slot into said chamber, means for swinging the panel from the window opening on apivotal axis disposed adjacent one vertical edge of the panel and a single control element for actuating both of said means.

3. A window structure of the character described, comprising a window opening frame, a chamber disposed beneath the frame and in communication-therewith through a slot, a glass panel disposed in the frame,

means for lowering said panel through said slot into said chamber, means for swinging the panel from the window opening on a pivotal axis disposed adjacent one ertical edge of the panel, and a shade connected to the top edge of said panel and adapted to be" drawn out upon the swinging of the panel to cover the space between the said top edge and the adjacent frame. v

4. In a window structure of the character described, a window opening frame, a glass panel within the frame, a vertical pivotal supportfor said panel comprising a post mounted in the frame and a sleeve carried by the panel and surroundingsaidpost, a chamber' disposed beneath the window opening and in communication therewith, said sleeve being longitudinally shiftabTe on said post,

i and means whereby said panel maybe moved vertically into or out of said chamber.

moldings yielding for 5.' In a window structure of the character described, a window opening frame, a glass panel pivotallv mounted within the'frame to swing about'an axis parallel with one edge thereof for the removal of the panel from the frame, and moldings pivotally mounted in the frame designed to cover certain edges of the'panel when the same is in the frame, said the swinging of the panel. .6. In a window structure, a window openlng frame, a glass panel mounted in said frame, a pivotal -mounting for said panel permitting the same'to swing in a horizontal plane, an outside molding at the top and free vertical edge of saidpanel, said top and edge moldings normally covering the adjacent edge of the panel and being pivotally mounted to permit the panel to swing out of its frame, and a curtain mounted'in the top of said frame and connected at one edge with h i the top of the panel to be drawn to horizontal position when the panel is swung outwardly. 7 In a window structure, a'window openmg frame, a glass panel mounted in said frame, a pivotal mounting for said panel permitting the same to swing in a horizontal plane, an outside molding at the top and free vertical edge of said panel, said top and edge moldings normally covering the adjacent edge of the panel and'being pivotally mounted to permit the panel to swing out of its frame, a curtain mounted in the top of said frame cated beneath the frame, a window panel within the frame, said frame having a recess through the bottom thereof to permit movement of said panel into said chamber, a post disposed vertically adjacent one side of said frame, a rack bar carried by said" frame at one side, a sleeve connected to said rack bar and designed to slidably receive said post, a

gear element mounted upon the lower end of said sleeve, a pair of gears mounted in said chamber beneath the frame, one thereof arranged for engagement with said rack and the other arranged for engagement with said first-mentioned gear, and means for rotating said last mentioned gears, one of sa1 d pair of gears and the gear earned by sa d sleeve being designed to mesh upon the lifting of the panel into said frame whereby the panel will be swung laterally from the frame.

ted'beneath the frame, a window panel within the frame, said frame having a recess through the bottom thereof to permit movement of said panel into said chamber, a post disposed vertically adjacent one side of sald frame, a rack bar carried by said frame at one side, a sleeve connected to said rack bar 9. A window structure of the character described, comprising a frame, a chamber locaand designed to slidably receive said post,

a gear element mounted upon the lower end of said sleeve, a air of gears mounted in said chamber beneat the frame, one thereof-arranged for engagement with said rack and the other arranged for engagement with said first mentioned gear, means for rotating said last mentioned gears, one of said pair of 'gears and the gear carried by said sleeve being designed to mesh upon the lifting of the panel into said frame whereby the panel will be swung laterally from the frame, and means for; securing said panel against 'movement from a desired position. i

' 10. In a window structure of the character described, a frame having a slot through the lower side thereof, a chamber disposed beneath the frame and in communication therewith through said slot, a glass panel within said frame, a post disposed vertically adja-- cent one side of the panel, a rack bar carried by said panel, a sleeve carried by said rack bar and receiving said post for longitudinal movement thereon, a bevel gear carried upon till the lower end of said sleeve, a horizontal shaft disposed in said chamber, a pair of gears carried upon said shaft, one thereof being a bevel gear and the other a spur tooth gear, said spur tooth gear engaging said rack when the panel is disposed in the window frame or in the chamber, said bevel gears being in mesh when said panel is raised to a predetermined position, means coupling said post and-sleeve for limiting the outward swinging movement of the panel, and means for rotating said shaft.

ll. In a window structure of the character described, a frame having a slot through the lower side thereof, a chamber disposed beneath the frame and in communication there with through said slot, a glass panel within said frame, a post disposed vertically adjacent one side of the panel, a rack bar carried by said panel, a sleeve carried by said raclr bar and receiving said post for longitudinal movement thereon, a bevel gear carried upon the lower end of said sleeve, a horizontal shaft disposed in said chamber, a pair of gears carried upon said shaft, one thereof being a bevel gear and the other a spur tooth gear, said spur tooth gear engaging said rack when the panel .is disposed in the window frame or in: the chamber, said bevel gears being in mesh when said panel is raised to a pre determined position, means coupling said post and sleeve for limiting the outward swinging movement of the panel, means for rotating said shaft, and a brake element designed to secure said shaft against rotation.

12. lln a window structure, a frame, a glass panel within the frame, means for shifting said panel vertically with relation 'to the frame, means for swinging said panel on a vertical pivot for removal from the frame, a curtain mounted upon a spring roller within the upper part of said frame, and means for detachably connecting said curtain with the top of said panel.

1?. ln a window structure, a frame, a glass panel within the frame, means for shifting said panel vertically with relation to the frame, means for swinging said panel on a vertical pivot for removal from the frame, a curtain mounted upon a spring roller with in the upper part of said frame, means for detachably connecting said curtain with the top of said panel, and means for automatically securing an edge of the curtain to the frame when the panel is to be lowered, to maintain said curtain edge in a predetermined position after the lowering ofthe panel from the frame.

Ltd. lfn a window structure of the character described, a frame, a panel disposed in said frame, means supporting said panel whereby the same may be swung about a vertical pivot from the frame, a spring controlled roller of tapered formation housed in theupper part of said frame having the smaller end d sposed adjacent the pivot side of said panel, said roller being supported horizontally for rotation, a shade mounted on said roller, means whereby the shade may be drawn from the roller to the exterior of the frame, and means for connecting said shade with the top of said panel whereby the shade will be drawn outwardly as the panel is swung from its frame.

15. In a window structure of the character described, a frame having a chamber therebeneath and a sill slot establishing communie cation between the interior of the frame and the chambena panel disposed in said frame, means for effecting both vertical and horizontal movement of said frame, the Vertical movement of the frame being through said sill slot, a chamber formed horizontally in the upper part of the frame, a rolled shade mounted within the horizontal chamber, one wall of said chamber having a slot therethrough through which said shade may be drawn, the shade being rotatably mounted in Eli Bil

its chamber, a resilient clip-like body attached to said shade and disposed in the upper part of the frame, said body having a tongue formed along the side adjacent the slotted wall of the horizontal chamber, and a flange formed longitudinally of the slotted wall of the horizontal chamber, adjacent said slot, to be engaged by said tongue, said clip-like body being disposed to frictionally receive the top edge of said panel when the same is raised to the limit of its movement in the frame.

16. In a window structure of the character described, a frame having a chamber therebeneath and having a sill slot eslghlishing communication between the interio of the frame and the chamber, a panel disposed in said frame, means for selectively moving said panel vertically and horizontally the vertical movement of the panel being through said slot, a chamber formed horizontally in the top part of the frame, a sprin actuated shade and roller mounted in the orizontal chamber, one wall of said chamber havinga recess therein through which the shade may be' drawn, an elongated clip-like resilient member carried by said shade and located outside the said chamber, in the frame a ton e formed integral with said clip-lilre mem er projecting laterally therefrom, and means formed in the upper part of the frame for contact with said tongue to prevent vertical movement of the same and the clip, said clip being disposed to frictionally receive the top edge of the panel when the same is shifted to the limit of its movement vertically in ;the

frame.

17 In a window structure of thecharacter described, a frame having a chamber therebeneath and a sill slot establishing communication between the interior of the frame and the chamber,-a panel disposed in the frame, a-vertical shaft disposed in one side of the frame,a sleeve forming an inseparable part signature.

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of the panelat one side thereof and oscillatably receiving said shaft, a bevel ear carried in the lower end of said sleeve, a bayonet slot formed in the other or upper end of said sleeve and having an outwardl flaring entrance portion, a pin carried y the shaft adapted to enter said slot, rack and pinion means for vertically shifting the panel through said sill slot, a pinion gear arranged to rotate concentrically with the pinion of said rack and pinion means and to engage the first mentioned gear upon the completion of the vertical movement of the panel, and means for actuating said pinion and the gear rotating therewith, said pin' entering and locking insaid bayonet slot at the completion of the vertical movement of the pinion and the meshing of the bevel gears.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my ELMER J. KIRGHOFF. 

